Simulator

The Simulator is a simulated reality device invented by the Gudersnipe Foundation for training purposes. It uses a third-stage A.I. and a series of other complex technologies to render a realistic simulation. The realism is, however, hindered by the computer programing: I.E., if the computer says steel breaks at a specific tolerence, it will always break at that tolerence no matter what.

Primary Roll

The purposes of the Simulator are training and testing. Though most virtual prototyping is done in computer, the Simulator provides a hands-on testing environment, before an actual prototype is complete. In addition, the Simulator can be programmed to "fill in" the functions for a device that has maybe not yet been completed.

Medical Training

Perhaps the most valuable roll of the Simulator is it's use in training medical personnel. Medicine is a very hands-on disicpline and thus can best be learned by doing. However, the intense dangers of learning on live people makes this somewhat difficult. The Simulator handily circumvents this, by making a perfectly realistic simulation of a person that can be killed many times but will always come back with a smile.

With the Simulator, there are always enough patients to go around, medical interns can hone their skills without risking actual lives, and the program can tell them exactly what they did wrong. Training time is reduced to a fraction, and doctors enter the field already experienced and confident.

For this reason, medical schools are the one place outside of Gudersnipe School Proper where simulators can be found, however access to them is still tightly controlled, with armed guards supplied by the Foundation and access granted only to medical students.

Simulator Addiction

Use of the Simulators is tightly controlled because of the potential devistation. If used for pleasure, this system would be highly addictive. It has been theorised that the Ancients possessed something similar to Simulator technology, and that this in part led to that civilization's collapse.

An artificial world, centered around a single individual, in which that individual has complete control, would be the most addictive thing ever invented.

Offshoots and Related

Various other technologies are either based on or otherwise related to the Simulator.

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